locking: getting hyperfocused on an activity such that you’re losing attention of your big-picture tasks (the most salient example for a lot of people: getting hyperfocused on cleaning)

autolying: the period of acute denial when you realize you’ve been caught off task. “are you fucking off?” — “NO… wait, yes.”

ponging: being unable to decide something and not consciously using a methodology for the decision, so you alternate between two options in a fast pace way a la pong until panic compels you to pick one.

Chinese Room-ing: repeating the verbatim/literal/rote details of something to trick others, or yourself, into believing that you are paying attention without actually understanding the point/idea/spirit of what you’re talking about — or the overarching principle, or the central premise, or whatever. comes from Searle’s “Chinese Room” thought experiment. (it might be helpful to google this.)

adhdhole: the rabbit hole of thought from adhd thought process, or when something is forgotten due to adhd tangents. (“we went down an adhdhole about the best place to get margaritas” / “we were going to talk about rent yesterday but it got adhdholed”)